History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 137

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672

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In 1851 several new streets were accepted by the town, one from near the land of Humphrey Nichols to the wheel factory at Cobler's Brook, one near the residence of William H. Haskell and one at the River Village from the house of Ephraim Goodwin to that of Charles L. Rowell. In 1854 a new road was located from the New Hampshire line to the Merrimac River, to avoid the sharp hill at the west end of Bear IIill.

In 1857 a post-office was established at the River Village, and Ebenezer Fullington was appointed post- master. The present postmaster is William H. Colby, who was appointed by the present administration and succeeded Charles E. Rowell. In 1859 a piece of new road was built at Patten's Creek, connecting the river road with the middle road, which was the means of discontinuing the old bridge.

In July, 1861, Capt. Joseph W. Sargent, of the West Parish, raised a company which was mustered into the United States service and formed Company E of the Fourteenth Regiment. The members of the company were,-

Benjamin C. Atkinson.

John B. Gray.

Webster Allen. Wm. M. Hamilton.

Benjamin Baxter.

John Handley.

Richard S Bailey.

Charles Kennett.

George Brown.

Timotby R. Leary.

Henry F. Badger.

Peter Liberty.

Lewis P. Caldwell.

Wm. F. Martins.

George W. Clark.

Henry McQuestion.

Charles W. Currier.

Charles E. Osgood.

William Crane.

Elbridge A. Ring.

Angustus Cunningham.

James Ross.

Warren Cowdry.

Alexander Smart.

Andrew F. Chaples.

Warren Spear.

Emmons B. Christian.

Win. G. Thompson,

Patrick O'Connell.

Elmer S. Harris.

Edward Cartier.

John Hawksworth.

Wm. L. Dorsett.

Frederick B. Kellogg

Henry N. Dyke.

George F. Little.

John Doherty.

Charles S. Lunt.

Terence Dorsey.

Joseph Liberty.

Edwin Follansbee.

John T. Merrill.

Ezekiel Fowler.

John MeNanie.

Wm. P. Foster.

Allen Osgood.

George F. Foss.

John S. Runnells.

Mathew Fitzgerabl.

Gnstavns D. Sargent

Charles L. Flanders.

Nathaniel I. Spufford.

Frank K Griswold

George W Grant.

Jesse M. Scott.

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During a larger part of the war the Fourteenth Regi- ment was stationed near Washington, and was finally changed to the Second Heavy Artillery. B. C. Atkinson was promoted to be first lieutenant May 28, 1862, and captain October 8, 1864. Henry F. Badger died of fever at Fort Albany, February 2, 1862. Lewis P. Caldwell was promoted to be second lieutenant May 28, 1862; to first lieutenant July 26, 1863, and died of wounds June 17, 1864. William L. Dorsett was promoted to sergeant and died at Annapolis, Md., December 8, 1864, from the effects of starvation in a Confederate prison. Edwin Follansbee was made cor- poral, and Sergeant William S. Foster became corpo- ral. Charles L. Flanders was taken prisoner and died. William M. Hamilton became second lieuten- ant August 14, 1863. George F. Little became ser- geant and William F. Martin became captain-was taken prisoner at Winchester and lost a leg. Charles E. Osgood became second lieutenant and was severely wounded. Allen Osgood was confined in Anderson- ville Prison ten months. Eldridge A. Ring was cor- poral and was promoted to sergeant. John S. Runnels was made quartermaster-sergeant and died September 18, 1863, at Fort Whipple. James Ross and Gustavus D. Sargent were prisoners at Andersonville. Alex- ander Smart became second lieutenant and William G. Thompson became second lieutenant June 18, 1862, and captain June 1, 1864, and died of wounds May 20, 1864. Capt. J. W. Sargent resigned his com- mand December 24, 1863, on account of ill health. When his company left Washington it joined the Army of the Potomac at Petersburg, and was there engaged in the various attacks on the enemy's works. Some were wounded and several taken prisoners, and many re-enlisted and served through the war. In 1863 a draft was ordered of eighty-eight men, and thirty of these were men of the West Parish.

In February, 1864, the First National Bank of Amesbury was organized with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, and its name was changed by act of Congress December 27, 1876, to the " First Na- tional Bank of Merrimac." Its charter was renewed February 24, 1883. In June, 1864, its capital was increased to seventy-five thousand dollars; in October, 1864, to one hundred thousand dollars; in June, 1872, to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and in May, 1875, to two hundred thousand dollars. Its original directors were Patten Sargent, Thomas T. Merrill, John S. Poyen, Benjamin F. Sargent and William Gunnison. The present directors are Wil- liam H. Haskell, president; William P. Sargent, J. A. Lancaster, John B. Judkins, Albert Sargent and Isaac B. Little. Patten Sargent was the first presi- dent, and was followed in 1871 by the present presi- dent, William H. HIaskell, who had been cashier from 1864 to 1869. John L. Pearson was appointed cashier January 12, 1869, and was followed by the present incumbent, Daniel J. Poore, in May, 1874. The bank has always been well managed, and though

it has paid to its stockholders an average annual dividend of 8.45 per cent., it has a surplus of fifty thousand dollars.

The Merrimac Savings Bank was incorporated in 1871 as the Amesbury Savings Bank, and received its present name under an act of the Legislature passed in 1877. Itsoriginal officers were John S. Poyen, president; John P. Sargent, Isaac B. Little and J. B. Judkins, vice-presidents; treasurer, Wm. H. Haskell; secre- tary, James 1). Pike; and A. E. Goodwin, Wm. Gun- nison, Thomas C. Sawyer, A. B. Morse, James D. Pike, W. H. Haskell, John Cleary, Albert Sargent, M. G. Clement, J. Warren Sargent, B. F. Sargent and J. A. Lancaster, trustees. Its present officers are Wm. H. Haskell, president ; Daniel J. Poore, treas- urer; O. E. Little, secretary ; Isaac B. Little, J. B Judkins and John Cleary, vice-presidents; and Wm. H. Haskell, John Cleary, J. A. Lancaster, M. G. Clement, George G. Larkin, George E. Ricker, B. F. Sargent, Isaac B. Little, A. B. Morse, G. O. Goodwin, L. C. Loud, Albert Sargent, J. B. Jndkins, James D. Pike, D. J. Poore and H. O. Delano, trustees. This bank has never lost a dollar, and has paid regular dividends averaging 5.04 per cent.

On the 8th of May, 1868, the West Amesbury Branch Railroad Company was incorporated with a capital of one hundred and fourteen thousand dol- lars. It was opened in 1872, and leased to the Boston and Maine Railroad Company for ninety-nine years from January 1, 1873.

In 1878 the street from the estate of George W. Currier to that of Mrs. Little, on the hill, was opened as a highway.

In 1876 the town of Merrimac was incorporated. It is unnecessary to recount the successive steps which led to this important event. The act of incor- poration was approved by the Governor on the 11th of April, and a warrant for a town-meeting on the 20th was issued by James D. Pike and served by Thomas B. Patten for the purpose of choosing town officers. The meeting was held on Thursday, the 20th, in pursuance of the warrant, at Mechanics' Hall, and called to order by Mr. Pike, by whom the warrant had been issued. Joseph W. Sargent was chosen moderator, and Bailey Sargent town clerk. The selectmen chosen were Wm. H. Haskell, S. S. Blodgett, Alexander Smart. The selectmien, with James D. Pike and E. M. Morse added, were chosen a committee to confer with the town of Amesbury re- specting a division of town property, and to adjust all matters between the two towns. At a meeting held on the 27th of April the same committee were authorized to survey and establish a line between Amesbury and Merrimac, and the selectmen were directed to draw up a code of by-laws and report at the next annual meeting.

The selectmen chosen each year since 1876 have been as follows :

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1-77. 5. 5. Blodgett.

1>>2. Phineas Chase. John Cleary.

1. N. Sargent.

1883. Same.

J. S. ( lement.

18-4. E. N. Sargent.

1875. Same.

1-79. E. N Sarg .nt.

W'm. H. Colby.

C. E. Rowell

J. K. Currier.

(. F Suavey.

1x$5. 2. 31. Morse. Win. H. Colby.

1650. E. N. Sargent.

U. E. Rowell.

J. K. Currier.

Albert Sargent.

1886. Same.

IN-1 E. N. Sargent

1887. E MI. Morse.

Albert sargent.

(. F. Rowell.

Phineas Chase.

N. P. Cummings.

1xx2. Albert Sargent.

Before the incorporation of the town William P. Sargent, of Boston, a son of Patten Sargent and a native of West Amesbury, had promised the new town, in case of its incorporation, the gift of a town- house. Indeed, this prospective gift did much towards smoothing the way towards the formation of a new town. After the incorporation Mr. Sargent at once communicated his intention to the town, and at a meeting held on the 27th of April, 1876, the select- men were constituted a committee to confer with him on the subject. The result was that the lot on the corner of Main and School Streets was bought and presented to the town by William II. Hlaskell, A. E. Goodwin, John S. Poyen, William Gun- nison and Moses G. Clement, and the corner- stone of the hall was laid on the 27th of July. On the 13th of November it was dedicated under the name of "Sargent's Hall," completely finished and bearing a clock on its tower, presented by Patten Sar- gent, a native resident of the town. The cost of the land was about five thousand dollars, and that of the building about twenty thousand dollars. At a town- niceting held on the 27th of November, 1876, it was voted to purchase for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars the lot of land, with the buildings thereon, owned by J. S. Poyen, northerly of the town. house, and to accept the offer from Colonel Joshua Colby to give to the town the land between the town- house and the above lot.

In addition to the thanks of the town presented to William P'. Sargent for his gift of the Town Hall, the selectmen were instructed in 1877 to cause a tablet to be placed in the vestibule of the building, commem- orative of its donor, and in 1882 the sum of three hundred dollars was appropriated to proenre his por- trait. Among other gifts to the town was one made in 1883 by J. A. Lancaster of a lot of land for a cem- etery.

Besides those institutions to which reference has been made, there are others in Merrimac worthy of mention. The Bethany Lodge of Masons was insti- tuted December 30th, A. L. 5869. Its present Wor- thy Master is William F. Ward, and its Past Masters have been Morton B. Merrill, Frank Wiggin, Ora O. Little, Frederick M. Chase, Elbridge C. Sawyer, Alex- ander Smart, Ralph H. Sargent and M. Perry Sar- gent.

The Riverside Lodge, No. 174, of Odd Fellows was instituted December 3, 1875. On the 11th of May, 1887, the lodge dedicated a new lodge-room in the new building of J. S. Poyen & Co., and furnished it at an expense of two thousand dollars. Since its or- ganization it has received from initiations, dues and interest $10,421.63, and paid in sick benefits to its members twelve hundred and thirty-one dollars, in funeral benefits three hundred and fifty dollars, in relief to its members two hundred and sixteen dol- lars. It has at the present time one hundred and forty members, and the present Noble Grand is F. B. Follausbee.

The Colonel C. R. Mudge Post 114, of the Grand Army of the Republic, was organized December 20, 1869, under the command of Alexander Smart. Its Past Commanders have been, besides Captain Smart, M. B. Townsend, R. G. W. Foster, Ezra Hale, D. L. Getebell, C. J. Churchill, H. M. Howe, A. J. Sawyer, George A. Grant and Charles O. Roberts. Its present Commander is M. P. Brew.

The Young Men's Christian Association was organ- ized January 19, 1867. It has a free reading-room, and prayer-meetings are held at the rooms of the as- sociation every Sabbath evening. Its present officers are Walter S. Williams, president; Wilbur E. Alton, secretary, and Charles Wilder, treasurer.

At a meeting held on the 21st of Angust, 1876, a communication from Dr. J. R. Nichols was read, of- fering a gift of one thousand volumes as the basis of a public library. The town accepted the gift, and, a ter voting to establish a public library, chose Patton Sargent, J. A. Lancaster, J. S. Poyen, Wil- The Merrimac Branch, No. 326, of the Irish Na- tional League of America, was organized August 13, 1883, with thirty members and the following officers : Joseph P. Connor, president ; Michael Collins, vice- president ; Michael Burns, secretary ; John Shehan, treasurer, and Daniel Sullivan, collector. At present it has twenty-five members and the following officers : Augustin O'Connell, president; Michael Burns, vice- Murphy, treasurer, and John Shehan, collector. hamn Chase, William 11. Haskell and Dr. J. R. Nich- ol, tri -ters. On the 10th of May, 1877, the library was formally opened on the first floor of Sargent's Hab, a part of which it occupies, the remainder bencorrupied by the post-office, the National Bank abla forsin store. Valuable contributions have bxco mạch toon ting to time, by various citizens, autlin 1ss2 the um of two hundred dollars was pre- , president; Joseph P. Connor, secretary ; Cornelius ex by 1 1. 6 oddwa the income from which is os .It be pocher i books. The town also pakte in east appropriation of money for the sup- port the low fod at the present time its shelves

The Colonel C. R. Mudge Ladies' Relief Corps, No. 24, was organized in December, 1882. Its officers are Mrs. Clara Howe, president ; Miss Lena Sherman, secretary, and Mrs. Lydia Sargent, treasurer.

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Besides these associations, there are the Mononiac Council of the American Legion of Honor, organized May 10, 1882, T. Hayden Patten, Commander ; the Attitash Colony of Pilgrim Fathers, organized Octo- ber 11, 1881, A. J. Scott, Governor; the Good Tem- plars ; the Sons of Temperance, organized February 24, 1882; and the Cadets of Temperance, organized in September, 1887.

Merrimac, at the time of its incorporation, was as- signed to the Eighteenth Representative District of Essex County, with West Newbury, Salisbury and Amesbury. In 1876 Frederick Merrill, of Salisbury, and Orlando S. Bailey, of Amesbury, were chosen to represent the district.

1877. James D. Pike, of Merrimac ; Samuel Coffin, of Salisbury.

1878. Orin Warren, of West Newbury ; Albert S. Adams, of Ames- bury.

1879. Elias P. Collins, of Salisbury ; William Smeath, of Amesbury. 1880. Richard Newell, of West Newbury ; Benjamin L. Fifield, of Salisbury.

1881. Oliver A. Roberts, of Salisbury ; Albert Sargent, of Merrimac. I882. Marquis D. F. Steere, of Amesbury ; David L. Ambrose, of West Newbury.

1883. John L. Cilley, of Salisbury ; Jobn B. Judkins, of Merrimac. 1884 Alexander MI. Huntington, of Amesbury ; Moses C. Smith, of West Newbury.

1885. Hiram Walker, of Salisbury ; George O. Goodwin, of Merrimac. 1886. Alexander Smart, of Merrimac ; John H. Pousland, of Amnes- bury.

In 1886 the same towns constituted District No. 1.

At the last election in November, 1887, James D. Pike, of Merrimac, was chosen Senator from the Fourth Senatorial District of Essex County, com- posed of Amesbury, Haverhill, Merrimac, Salisbury and Wards Three, Four, Five and Six of Newburyport, and containing at the last apportionment 10,836 voters.

The manufacturing interests of Merrimac are con - siderable and its manufacturers are active and pros- perous. In the early days of Amesbury, agriculture engaged the attention of its people, but in time saw- mills were built, the salmon and sturgeon and shad in the river were caught and sent to various markets, and ship-building was carried on to a limited extent in the West Parish. Atwhat is now Merrimacport brick- making was carried on at an early date by the Cur- riers and Presseys and Sawyers and Pattens and Sargents, and a trade with the West Indies of no in- considerable extent was engaged in, this place being a distributing place for sugar and molasses among the adjoining and more distant towns. The manufacture of earthenware was begun at the Port as early as 1790, and at a later date James Chase took up the business, which his son Phineas has carried on since his day. Smith Sargent was also, about the year 1825, engaged in the business. The business of coopering was also carried on at the Port at one time with activity, and about the year 1827 a tannery and currying establishment was huilt there by Jacob Gove, and carried on under the firm-name of Gove, Clough & Rowell. In 1866 the South Amesbury Wharf Company was formed, at what

is now Merrimacport, and the coal business started by S. S. Blodgett has become an extensive one.

The Bay State Felt Boot and Shoe Company, organ- ized to manufacture felt boots and shoes by a patent process, was incorporated in 1883 and established in Merrimac, September 15, 1885, with a capital of twenty thousand dollars. The officers are Theophilus King, of Quincy, president ; James D. Pike, treasurer ; James Brandy, superintendent ; and Theophilus King, Elbridge M. Morse, Moses G. Clement, Charles Bryant and James D. Pike, directors. The producing capac- ity of this company is twelve thousand cases per year, valued at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The goods find their markets princi- pally in the Western States and in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, The demand for these boots and shoes increases yearly in the States where the winters are severe and there is much exposure to snow and cold.

The manufacture of carriages, upon which the pros- perity of Merrimac chiefly depends, was begun early in the century by Michael Emery, of West Newbury, who learned his trade in Newburyport. At one time Newbury and West Newbury were considerably en- gaged in the business, but in some unaccountable way their industries gradually drifted across the river to Amesbury, and finally disappeared. Since the days of Michael Emery the business at Merrimac has been carried on by a large number of enterprising men. Among these may be mentioned the following, who have either died or retired: Jo-eph Sargent, Patten Sargent, Willis Patten, Joshua Sargent, Jr., John Sargent, Jr., Wm. Gunnison, Ephraim Goodwin, Moses Clement, Francis Smiley, Francis Pressey, Nicholas Sargent, S. S. Tuckwell, William P. Sar- gent, Edmund Whittier, Stephen R. Sargent, Stephen Bailey, Edmund Sargent, William Nichols, John Sar- gent, Jonathan B. Sargent, Frederick A. Sargent, W'm. H. Haskell, John Little, Joshua Colby, James Nichols, Wm. Johnson, Caleb Mitchell, Cyrus Sar- gent, Alfred E. Goodwin, Francis Sargent, O. H. Sar- gent, James H. ITarlow, Stephen Patten, Eben S. Ful- lington, Joseph W. Sargent, John S. Poyen, Charles H. Palmer, Isaac Jones, Wm. Smiley, Thomas E. Poyen, George F. Clough, Isaac B. Little, George G. Larkin, Thomas B. Patten, Amos T. Small, A. M. Waterhouse and Thomas Nelson. The number of car- riages, with their value, manufactured annually by those at present in the business, is as follows :

GEORGE ADAMS & SONS began business in 1857; number of carriages, 200; sleighs, 100; value, $35 .- 000 ; men employed, 18.

MOSES G. CLEMENT & SON began business in 1849; carriages, 200; sleighs, 60 ; value, $45,000; men employed, 19.

C. E. GUNNISON & Co. began business in 1879 ; carriages, 250; men employed, 20; value, $35,000.

11. M. HOWE (late HOWE & CLOUGH) began in 1879; carriages, 75; value, $20,000; men employed, 15.

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1. A. LANCASTET & Co. began in 1858; carriages, # : sleighs, 112; value. $70,000; men employed, 30.

LOUD BROTHERS began in 1866 ; carriages, 200; sWighs, 125; value, $$2,000; men employed 32.

(. II. NoyEs & Fox began in 1845; carriages, 90 ; value, $15,000 ; men employed, 10.

DANIEL M. MEANS began in 1881 ; carriages, 75 ; "leighs. 15; value, $15,000; men employed, 12.

SAMUEL SCHOFIELD & SON began in 1879; ear- riages, 75; value, $18,000 ; men employed, 11.

S. C. PrasE & Soxs began in 1861; carriages, 300; value, $100,000 ; men employed, 42.

PALMER & DorCET began in 1873; carriages, 175; value, $75,000 ; men employed, 50.

ULEMENT & YOUNG began in 1884; carriages, 75; value, :18,000 ; men employed, 12.

W.M. O. SMILEY began in 1882; carriages, 75; valne, $12,000 ; men employed, s.

JOHN B. JUDKINS & SON began in 1857; car- riages, 200; value, $80,000; men employed, 50.

11. G. & HI. W. STEVENS began in 1869; carriages, 415; carriages repaired, 600; value, $185,000; men employed, 100.

IN MERRIMAACPORT.

W'M. CHASE & SONS began in 1838; carriages, 50 ; sleighs, 10; value, $15,000; men employed, 11.

A. M. COLBY began in 1868; carriages, 150; sleighs, 40; value. $30,000 ; men employed, 19.

GEORGE Gexxisos began in 1882; carriages, 50; value, $9000; men employed, 7.

WILLIS P. SARGENT began in 1854; carriages, 40; value, $6000 ; men employed, 3.

Merrimac may be said to be almost exclusively a carriage town, and as such has won an enviable rep- utation both for the style and quality of its work and for the enterprise and business integrity of its manu- facturers. The styles of work done take a wide range, from the coach and landau and coupe to the less pretentious road-wagon and sleigh. Different manu- facturers produce different classes of work, and almost every one has something in style or quality peculiarly his own. In the early history of the carriage business there were no shops in which a complete carriage was mi t. The business was carried on by an interchange of parts, one shop making bodies, another gears, an- other doing the iron-work, and another the trimming ond painting. By th's interchange of parts the car- We were constructed, and there are those still liv- Who beran the business in this way.

We wanufacture of carriage-bodies and the wood- Wer of horhe has always continued a business to Lenidie os dorfderable extent by itself, and to copley- a large number of men. Among the first shops che the special business has been car- r

Th wen the tố John Clement, Job Hoyt and

Im rb Ling n : 1et whom bezan about 1820. Itnow cartel do '6 Gbnan S. Hoyt, Melvin ( Jeph W Nichols Elwirl B. Sargent 1

Charles E. Pierce, Arthur Nichols, Wm. H. Colby and N. J. Spofford, the last two of whom are estab- lished at Merrimacport.

The first application of machinery to the manufac- ture of carriage gears was made by John S. Foster, who was for several years connected with the West Amesbury Manufacturing Company, subsequently building a factory for the prosecution of that business, in connection with sawing and planing and general job work. In 1867 he formed a part- nership with Henry M. Howe, for the manufacture of wheels. Their factory was burned February 15, 1870, and rebuilt and reoccupied in forty-nine days. In 1871 John Cleary became a member of the firm, and in 1879 George S. Preseott became connected with Mr. Foster, under the firm-name of Foster & Pres- cott. The product of their business was from four to five thousand sets of wheels annually, with other car- riage parts. Their mill was burned February 17, 1882, and their business was not resumed.

In connection with the main business of carriage- building there are establishments engaged in the manufacture of special parts of earriages. The Mer- rimac Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1848, has already been referred to, and is extensively em- ployed in the manufacture of wheels and gears. There are other establishments engaged in the manufacture of different parts of carriages, among which are those of George B. Patten for carriage bows, and John H. Murphy and Alden B. Morse for silver- plating. The houses of J. S. Poyen & Co. and Little & Larkin are large importers and dealers in carriage materials. They have been established many years, and are doing an extensive business in addition to their home trade, selling largely to manufacturers in other places, their aggregate sales amounting to nearly a million of dollars.

There are four halls in the town,-the Mechanics' lfall, fitted with a stage and appliances for dramatic performances ; the Town Hall, called Sargent Hall ; the Coliseum Ilall, leased to the Army Post, and Citi- zens' Ifall at Merrimacport.

In the autumn of 1882 George W. Currier began the publication of a weekly newspaper called the Merri- mac Enterprise, the issue of which was continued by him until February 1884, when he sold the establish- ment to D. J. Poore and James D. Pike. These gentle- men bought at the same time the material of the Merrimac Reporter, which, after a short career, had been discontinued. They continued the publication of the Enterprise until April, 1884, when they estab- lished the Merrimac Budget, and as editors and pro- prietors continued its publication until April, 1885, with an increasing subscription list and a good job printing business in connection with it. At the last date they sold the establishment to Charles A. King, formerly of the Milford Gazette, and the Budget is now conducted by him as its editor and publisher.

The manufacture of boots and shoes was at one time

John & More

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carried on in Merrimac to a limited extent. Moses Goodrich and Charles Sargent were engaged in the manufacture of boots, and Stephen (lement and James B. Hoyt in that of shoes. Some of these, however, are now dead and only a remnant of the old business re- mains.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 137

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1672

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672